Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago.

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  • adjective relating to or part of an archipelago

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Examples

  • In 1928, Indonesia declared Bahasa Indonesia the national language, the language of unity for everyone in this archipelagic country.

    Global Voices in English » Translator of the week: Carolina Chandra Rumuat 2009

  • As an archipelagic state, Indonesia is understandably wary of China becoming the preponderant maritime power in the Asia Pacific.

    Jakarta's Year of Leading Diplomatically Jessica Brown 2011

  • Maritime Claims (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines): Territorial sea to 12 nautical miles and an exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles.

    São Tomé and Príncipe 2009

  • The world's largest archipelagic nation ranks worst on the list of 16 Asia-Pacific regions, according to a report released Wednesday by the Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy PERC.

    Asia's Most Corrupt Countries Hana R. Alberts 2010

  • The Trinidad and Tobago moist forests differ greatly from the moist forests of the Windward islands to the north and comprise approximately 90% of the land area of the archipelagic state of Trinidad and Tobago.

    Trinidad and Tobago 2009

  • The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South Americancountry of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles.

    Trinidad and Tobago 2009

  • Indonesia is now the world's third-largest democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, and home to the world's largest Muslim population.

    Indonesia 2009

  • Maritime Claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines territorial sea: 12 nautical miles contiguous zone: 24 nautical miles exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles

    Cape Verde 2009

  • Maritime Claims (measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines): territorial sea: 12 nautical miles.

    Indonesia 2009

  • Maritime Claims (as measured from claimed archipelagic baselines) Territorial sea to 12 nautical miles; contiguous zone to 24 nautical miles; exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles; continental shelf to 200 nautical miles or to the outer edge of the continental margin.

    Trinidad and Tobago 2009

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